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Faith and Goan Bananas cruise to top honours at Beneteau Cup

Faith and Goan Bananas sailed away with the top honours in the Bin Zayed Group Beneteau Cup 2008 held last weekend at the Dubai Offshore Sailing Club.

  • Staff Report
  • Published: 00:04 November 24, 2008
  • Gulf News

  • Boats in action during the Bin Zayed Group Beneteau Cup sailing event at the Dubai Offshore Sailing club last week.
  • Image Credit: Supplied Picture

Dubai: Faith and Goan Bananas sailed away with the top honours in the Bin Zayed Group Beneteau Cup 2008 held last weekend at the Dubai Offshore Sailing Club (DOSC).

Being held for the third time and organised by Duboats, the annual competition for Beneteaus attracted a record 30 boats in two categories.

The race started with light winds of four to 10 knots in the north-westerly direction and Francis Carr did well to guide the fortunes of Faith in the spinnaker class.

Mace, skippered by Jelfs came in second while Southern Cross with O'Hare at the helm was placed third.

In the non-spinnaker category, Goan Bananas headed by Langoz took the title ahead of Alawal (Atherton), Chardonnay (Collins), Nirvana (Christensen).

"Having this annual regatta is our way of thanking all our owners and their crew members for carrying the Beneteau Flag on the Gulf waters," stated Shaikh Khalid Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, chairman of Duboats.

Spinnaker category

  1. Francis Carr - Faith
  2. Jelfs - Mace
  3. O'Hare - Southern Cross
  4. Christophe Vanek - Team Duboats
  5. Skennerton - Shockwave

Non-spinnaker category

  1. Langoz - Goan Bananas
  2. Atherton - Alawal
  3. Collins - Chardonnay
  4. Christensen - Nirvana
  5. Findlow - Samahani

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